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Editor’s Note

Michael Laskawy

Message from the Founders: First Principles in the 11th Hour

Adam Pritzker & Daniel Squadron

Power-Sharing Liberalism

Danielle Allen

The Case for New Cities

Jake Auchincloss & Jonathan Gruber

The Stranglehold of Interest-Group Taboos

Matthew Yglesias

Let’s Tidy Up State Government

Jennifer Pahlka

The Rise of AI Systems

Michelle Lopes Maldonado

Why States Must End Junk-Fee Creep

Rohit Chopra

How to Choose

Adam Jentleson

The Lives of Men

Ilyse Hogue

Fair Markets For Rural America

Claire Kelloway

The Legacy of Overton Park

Marc J. Dunkelman

Combating Regulatory Attacks: From Response to Resilience

Howard Watts

Listening to MAHA

Rachael Bedard

Yes, College Matters

Patrick Cooney

Why We Need a New Working-Class Movement, Not Just Another Political Campaign

Matt Morrison

Assessing Land-Use Reform

Vicki Been & Helen Ketema

Why We Should and Can Get Much Better at State and Local Politics and Government

Joel Rogers

Winning By Default

Pamela K. Bookman

Blockchain Election Certification

Cisco Aguilar

How State Legislators Can Rebuild Trust in American Democracy

Alexander Hertel-Fernandez

The Case for Depolarizing

Lauren Harper Pope

Electric Utility Reform in an Age of Electrification

Robert A.F. Currie

How to Reach Young Voters

Saha Guerrero

A Failure of Nerve

Tim Ryan

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This group helped Pennsylvania Democrats flip the state house. Now its founders have launched a new policy forum in Philly.

New Democratic Group Says Answer to the Party’s Woes Lies With the States

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